EX-KING OF SIAM
RESTORATION PLOT DISCOVERED AN ABORTIVE MOVEMENT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. BANGKOK, January 30. (Received January 31, at 8 a.m.) An official broadcast revealed the discovery of a plot aimed at the restoration of ex-King Prajadhipok by a num-
ber of army officers who had retired without gratuity or pension. One suspect committed suicide while under escort to Bangkok, and a retired officer was shot dead while evading arrest. The country is quiet. [King Prajadhipok abdicated on March 2, 1935, and King Ananda Mahidol (now in his fourteenth year) was proclaimed, a Council of Regency being appointed to act during his minority.]
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Evening Star, Issue 23179, 31 January 1939, Page 9
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103EX-KING OF SIAM Evening Star, Issue 23179, 31 January 1939, Page 9
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